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The fliers, designed to resemble parking tickets and placed beneath windshield wipers, are addressed to "Registered Voters and Concerned Citizens of Chicago" and include a photo of the 4th Ward alderwoman captioned by the phrase "Aunt Jemima On the Meter Box."

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The fliers also call out several other apparent beneficiaries of the lease, including Ald. Preckwinkle's husband, Zeuss, Michael Daley, Avis Lavelle (Mayor Daley's former press secretary), and investment bank Morgan Stanley.

The alderwoman called the fliers "garbage literature" and suspects gang member-turned-activist Gator Bradley is behind them.

"It has the same sense, the material, and it's the same name-calling, so if it didn't originate with Gator Bradley and his crew, it's surely people who are imitating him," she said.